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w::. - ~:" FAMOUS FUGHf b An Ar enplane from Albany to New York City by Corliss. BREAKS ALL RECORDS The American With His Little Ma ^ chine Startles World by Flying From Albany to New York in Record-Breaking Time.?Will Revolutionize All Warfare. \ The whole world is still talking of the remarkable flight of Glen. H. Curtiss, the American aviator, who last Sunday flew from Albany to NewYork city, a distance of 137 miles, In 152 minutes, creating a long distance speed record that has astounded not only those interested in heavier than air machines but the public generally bb well. The distance Curtiss traveled is not so great as that of Paulhan's recent flight from Manchester to London, in England, but the speed he made was remarkable. 0 He averaged a trifle over 54 miles an hour, greater than that of the fastest trains in the country over the same distance . Mr. Curtiss wears the laurels he won by this famous flight very modestly, declaring that it was the machine, not the aeronaut, that made the trip possible. He also makps it clear that he believes that still greater feats in flying will be accomplished, and these in a not far distant future. The aeronaut began his flight from the New- York state caDital at Albany at just 7.03 a. m. Sunday and onlytwo stops were made before the little biplane glided to its resting place on Governor's island, in New York city. The first stop was made at Poughkeepsie, where an .hour was spent by Curtlss going over his engine and refilling his oil and gasoline tanks. The second stop was made at In. -wood, where he made his official I landing. From Inwood he proceeded to Governor's iBland, where he ended Ills flight. Between Albany and Inwood the biblane, which is the smallest that ever figured in the greater aviation contests, made an average speed of 54.06 miles an hour. For minutes at a time Curtlss skimmed through the air at a speed of 60 mileB an hour and the special train which was following the flLght was hard put to it to keep abreast of the machine. In fact on several occasions it was left a mile or two behind. There were times during the flight when the machine soared close to 700 feet above the winding river. Curtlss' control of machine was remarkable. Only once, and then off the treacherous Storm King, near West Point, did the biplane get from under the control of the aviator. Caught in a sudden puff of wind, which tilted the planes, it dropped like a plummet for a short distance, buut Curtlss, by skillful handling of levers, quickly brought the machine to a state of flying equilibrium. The feat of the during American aeronaut, in addition to winning for bim the fame it did, enriched him to the extent of $10,000, the cash nrlfA nffproH hv a Ww Vnrlr noua. paper to the first machine that made the Albany-New York trip. In speaking of the things that will be revolutionized by airships. Cnrtiss declared that all the great battles of the future will be fought in the air. "I have demonstrated that it is easy to fly over cities and fortifications," he said, "and when it Is possible to do this it is a very easy matter to drop dynamite or picric acid down on them. A few airships could drop enough explo slves down on West Point or New York city to destroy it in a very &hort time. Why even in the little biplane in which I sailed down the Hudson I can carry 200 pounds of dynomite. Just think of the destruction this amount would accomplish. "What could armies of the brav?st men do under a shower of dynamite dropped from airships traveling, say 100 miles an hour. And the time Is not far distant when this fearful speed will be easily ac complished. So I think I am Justified in saying that the battles of the future will all be fought in the Air." Tried to Wreck Train. The discovery of a nine inch iron bolt driven flrmlv into a switch frnsr at Balfour on the Southern railway 12 miles from Ashevllle indicates a well-laid plan to wreck train No. 10 for partanburg. One Man Dead. A general shooting affair took f)lace on Saturday in the Lydla section of Darlington county between two families. Northcutt and Caston. with the result that one man, Scarborough Stevens, a negro, is dead. Most men are anxious for Immortality, but not every one seems to know how to gain it, judging by the way they live. Let men do the best possible with this life by serving their fellows and living righteously and they need not worry about Immortality?It will be theirs without fail. , - " TRAIL OF FRAUD DEAD HAVERMEVER INVOLVED IN SUGAR SWINDLE. Accused Secretary of Trust Seeks t/l Tj?V ail RUm. nn MI. Chief. Testimony which led directly to ( the grave of Henry O. Havermeyer, late head of the American Sugar Refining company, was given on the witness stand at New York on Friday by Charles R. Heike, secretary of the company, who is charged with conspiracy to defraud the government on undewelghts of sugar. Helke's defense began Friday. < George S. Graham, who made the opening address, said he regretted bringing discredit to a man now dead, but circumstances of the case demanded it. Helios he said, was at a period in life when a prison sentence, even if short, would mean a life term. Therefore, he felt justified in violating the old quotation "De mortuis nihil nisi honum.' On taking the stand Heike immediately put responsibility for practically all his acts upon Havermeyer. saying the latter had been in direct control of the Williamsburg refinery, and declarlug he had acted "at the direction of Mr. Havemeyer. It was also brought out through a letter written by Havemeyer to Gerbraecht that Heike had called Hevemeyer's attention to the "liberality" of the government sugar ,weighers. The letter reads: "Mr. Heike today brings to my attention his belief that the government weights are more liberal h^re than anywhere else. Let the govern mem weigoers ao meir work. or , course I know you have no connec- j tion with them, but let me warn you and any employee of ours t against having anything whatever t to do with them. x (Signed) "H. O. Havermeyer." c Heike denied any knowledge of ( the tricky scales on the docks and r said he did not even know the com- t pany had scales there but thought c they belonged to the government. One by one the witnesses took up | his letters previously offered in evi- r dence by the government and ex- g plained their meanings, always as having no relation to the frauds. (. From present indications the summing up will begin on Tuesday or Wednesday. * * f DEBTS CAUSED SUICIDE. o The Dead Man Sat in His Clxair for v Three Days. r Driven to suicide by Inability to e pay his debts George B. Warren, of ^ Brockwayviile. Fa., sat three days in ; a chair In his room in a Pittsburg ? hotel before his death was discover- 1 ed. In his pocket was a note to ' his wife stating he was going where the "wolves howl." He also left a check of $100 to pay his hotel bills. ' Warren was the general manager for 1 the fleneral merchandising firm of 1 R. M. rtemtlo J& r?<? r>f i ville. Fa. He lived with his wife s and two sons at Shickahiuny, Lizerne 1 county. He came to Pittsburg May 23, on a business trip. To his friends he appeared moody. ' CHll.l) WIFE BKINGS SLIT. i Sl?e Was Married at Nine Years ol Age to Older Man. Suit for divorce has been entered by Nellie M. Johnson-Lamar, who has had her tenth birthday since her sensational marriage to Newlan L. Lamar. 3 2 years old. of Mem|ihis. Tenn., July 15, 1 909, her attorney declaring that her wedding was brought about througii duplicity on Lamar's part; that he enticed her away from her parents and married her when p.he was at an age too tender to know her own mind and inclinations. Probably a more sensational wedding never stirred Memphis when the facts became known in New South Memphis following the night of July 15 of last vear. Lamar having heen informed, it ii said, to violently drive him from the community. Convict Has No Home. Geo. A. Koge, formerly connected | with the Producers' National Hank, of Cleveland, was released from the prison Friday after serving 10 years for violation of the banking laws, lation of the national banking laws. His home has been broken up, his wife dying in Cleveland some years ago. Shoots Her Husband. A dispatch from Honea Path says S. B. Wright was shot, and fatally wounded by his wife because she was not allowed to attend a funeral, to which her husband was going. A lot of people take their pleasures sadly if t.hey take them at all. j They seem to think it an unpardon! able sin to look happy and enjoy life. In all which they run counter to God who desires that t.he life of men shall have its full measure of melody I and joy as well as of toil and trial, j THE STRAW MAN Pit Up by President Taft to Fool the People bto Sopporting THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Socialism, He Says is the New Menace that Threatens This Country and That the Republican Party Is the Only One That Can Save It From Croat Harm. In a speech at Jackson, Mich., on 5aurday. President Taft proclaimed socialism as the great problem that confronts the American peopl j, the ssue that is soon to come and that nust be skillfully met. By Its history, be declare 1, the Republican party had shown itseil capable of deajtng with the great question effectively and wisely, and le piedicted that the American people must soon determine whether li jhall trust the same party wlt>- the solution of that "problem than whtcb ?e .have had no greater in the his:ory of the country." Mr. Taft spoke with great earnestless and his remarks seemed deeply to impress his hearers. By many lis worus were taken as framing an ssue for the coming campaign. The Pr sident disclaimed any purpose of making a partisan address, >ut the occasion of his visit was the unveiNng of u bronze >tablet comnemorating the organization of the Republican party "under the oaks" n 1854, and he could not altogether refrain from a comparison of th?tarty with its opponents, which was tot altogether favorable to the oplonents. He also declared that popular govirnment must be a government of ?arties, and in this connection there vas jusf a passing hint at insurgency. The Presi ieiit declared <hat uness individuals are wVling to sink ninor e.-usiderations to the will of he majority in a party, there would :ome a rule by groups. "In that event," he added, "the -ord only knows where your governllpnt WOllIll on-1 I. . - w - iyV| uuu **uai It WOU10 iccomtplish." The President's reference to Soialism came at the conclusion of a trief history of what the Republican tarty has done. "ITe said: "The isBue that is being ranted, as it seems to me, is the ssue with respect to the institution if private property. There are those rho charge to that institute the corporate abuses, the greed and the coruption that grow out of those abuses, the unequal distribution of property, the poverty of some and the indue wealth of others and thereore say "we will have none of it md we must have a new rule of iistribution that for want of a bet er name we shall call Socialism.' "On the other hand. It is contended that it is not the institution of private property that shall be abolished. but only that the time has :ome in which it is necessary to lay lown certain rules regulating and re itrictlng the use of that property which shall not deprive t.he world of Individual effort, but which shall still keep the law and the opportunity to ase private property under such control that these abuses may be wiped out and the boom of individual effort still be left open to us. "Now, my friends, that presents a great and difficult problem that I am quite williug to a mit we have not yet solved, and the question I which the cniinti-v ,ln ? ? - -? ???> <.> j mil liavo IU a?termine after all. is which party It is which has heretofore shown suthclent skill and effectiveness in dealing with great issues, which party can be trusted to solve that problem that which we have had no greater in the history of the country." After stating that the Republican party was born of a moral issue, the President declared that one of the characteristics of that party is Its ability to do things and he then proceeded to enumerate the issues which had been, he said, met successfully and effectually. Continuing .he said: "Rut it only shows that In the running of a government, we are met sometimes by unexpected issues and what you need in compand is an organized force that has shown Itself in the past able to meet these Issues and to have the effectiveness and the skill and energy to meet them with credit to the people of the country. And that is what the Republican party has done down to \his." Killed by Tornado. A severe storm passed over iClko on last Thursday night, trees being j linPAAtoH n A ~ l 1 - i Willi* iniiu?mui?ie ana considerable damage done to crops by trees and trash. Two negroes were killed on Mr. J. D. Whittle's place above Elko. It is suggestive that a very large proportion of labor troubles are set-j tied by arbitration after bot.h sides! in the case have suffered immense losses by strikes or lock outs. How much more sensible every way it would be to arbitrate disputes as soon as they arise and thus prevent suffering, hardships, and bitterness of feeling. WRECK OF TRAIN TWENTY OR MOKE PASSENGERS ARE RAlti.v uruT Train Had Just Rounded Curve and Track Was Undermined by Heavy Rains. The southeastern limited, on the 'Frisco system was wrecked Sunday afternoon in Walker county, about sixty miles west of Birmingham, Ala., and thirty-six people were injured, twenty of them seriously. The recent heavy rains are supposed to have undermined the track as every car left the rails when the train rounded a curve near Tawney, Alabama, at high speed. None of the cars turned over, but the track was torn up for a distance of 300 feet. The score Injured are: J. H. Kemp, Dora, Ala., arm bruised. Scott Maxwell, Cordova, Ala., internally injured. Mrs. C. Deneen, Ensley, Ala., lacerations. F. P. Jernlgan, Wilburn, Fla., injured internally. A. W. Jordan. Saye, Ala., chest bruised. C. Snelllng. porter on the train, right side crushed. J. K. Crocket, news agent, bruised. W. T. Eade, Birmingham, bruised. Dr. Gilbert, Carbon Hill, Ala., bruised. Charles Palette, Drake, Okla., bad- ( ly bruised. G. M. Sites, Woodlawn, Ala., bruised. James M. Perkins, Ensley, Ala., bruised. A number of passengers, among them J. M. Perkins, of Ensley, and Scott Maxwell, of Cordova, claim the wreck was caused by excessive speed. "Mr. 'Maxwell and 1 were in the observation car." said Mr. Perkins, "and asked the conductor to slowdown. He said: "We run freight trains faster than this." Mr. Max well lien said if they did not slowdown the train would be In the ditch in a few minutes. The conductor went into the next car and was hardly out of sight of us when the crash came and I found myself under some Chairs, badly bruised." Conductor Mulfor stated that the train was not running at excessive speed. "We left Amery, Miss., fifBpeed. "eW left Amery. Miss., fifteen minutes late, he said, "and when the wreck occurred we were 15 minutes hack of the schedule on a slow order." THE STANDARD RAISED. State Hoard of Examiners Pass 011 law Papers. The State says that the standard for admission to practice in the court under the act passed at the by the State board of law examiners, recently appointed by the supreme cour under the act passed at the! last session of the general assembly. was the opinion expressed by applicants taking the examination which w-8 the first to be held by the board. The result of the examination was announced on Snturday. Out of 15 taking the examination, only eight passed. These were sworn in before t.he supreme court as attorneys to practice in the courts of the State. The following passed the examination: John M. Hemnhlll nhi>stt>r Simon R. Rich, Orangeburg; W. P. Tllilnghast, Beaufort; H. Campbell Miller, Greenville; J. Westley Crum, Jr., Bamberg; E. A. Brown, Barnwell; Jas. M.- Moss. Jr., Laiuar. The members of the board of examiners. making report to the supreme court, are. William D. Melton of Columbia. F. Barron Grler of Greenwood, aud William Miller of Charleston. It is the opinion of those taking the examination that the requirements for admission to practice in the courts of the State will be raised from year to year. His Prediction True. Samuel Fords announced that he was to be married Monday night and that it would cost him his life. When Catherine Pritchard, whose name was not mentioned in the announcement, heard the news, she called on Ford and killed him with several shots from a revolver. Jealousy is alleged to have been the motive. The tragedy occurred at Pollock. Killed by Storm. Two fatalities and property damage that exceeds $.">0,000. is the re nun U1 n if l llir 111(1, 11(11 ami rant storm t.hat visited Wilkes county, (la. on Thursday night. A pathway one hundred yards wide was made from one end of the county to the other and whatever was in that zone was swept away, regardless of any r??sistince Uiat was offered. The fears of timid pe pie as to possible danger front the comet were j unwarranted and but showed the I foolishness of borrowing trouble. Il I the fear and suspense which attend a Fourth of July celebration could only prove as groundless what i happy people w?- would be, but thai Is too much to hope. 1 :? v PARDON REFUSED Peculiar Case Recalled ia the Petition for Ooe John King THE NOTED YEGGMAN Other Men Were Convicted and a i Case of Mistaken Identity Made it Necessary for Gov. Hey ward to Release Three Others.?Petitioner Said to Be a Physical Wreck. Four years spent behind the prison walls at Atlanta and over six months in the South Carolina prison has made John King, alleged safeblower. a physical wreck, according to a petition presented to Gov. Anto a petition presented to Governor Ansel who refused to pardon him. In behalf of King a member of the house of representatives wrote an appeal to Governor Ansel, in which the interesting and pathetic case of the man i- set out. L. M. Masque of Marion is the attorney who petitioned the governor. John King was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary, bavImg. been convicted of housebreaking and larceny, and came to serve his sentence in October, 1909. Back in February, 1904, the safe of John L. Dew, a merchant of Latta. wae rifled and the same night | tne quantity of stamps and other property taken therefrom. Not many days thereafter out In the country was found a den where three men resided. In this den were found stamps and pennies. Apparently here were the .guilty persons, Leonard Harding and his twoc ompanions, H. E. Cunningham and T. H. Marion, were arrested by postofllce Inspectors. Th? men were tried by the State courts and, having been guilty, were sentenced to serve live years each In the State prison. Meantime John McCarthy in a Vermont prison made a confession, implicating John King. That was in 1905. The confession was made to Postofhce Inspector Gregory who is well known in this State. The confession exonerated the three men who had been tried for the Latta robbery and made King and McCarthy the guilty persons, according to McCarthys own statement. With this confession before him Gov. Hey ward pardoned the three men. who had been serving their sentence for nearly one year. Subsequently in Charlotte one of the men died. The discovery of the mistaken identity was made by accident one day when Inspector Gregory visited the State prison. John King was tried in Charleston by the federal court in April, 1905. Upon the testimony furnished by McCarthy. who in the words of the petitioner "was a confessed criminal, a aa.feblower," King was V'O'ivicted and sentenced to serve four years in prison. He immediately went to Atlanta and remained in prison there for four years. Following his release from the Atlanta prison. King was immediately rearrested and tried in the State courts. At the time he had been in jail for a year. "With five years already served for one offense," writes the petitioner. "King was again brought before the court." He was convicted and sentenced to serve two years. He came to Columbia in October, 1909. The petition states that King is now a physical wreck, "worn out years,' and thatf he haohO"D,lorfl by his close confinement for six years" and that he .had never been in trouble before the Latta case, according to McCarthy's confession. The petitioner pleaded to let King out so that he might become a better citizen. "While John McCarthy Is enjoying his freedom, having been pardoned by the president of the United States, by the governor of North Carolina. and by the governor of Vermont, King lias lingered in prison and suffered," pathetically states the petition. That King had been sufTlclentl) punished was Judge Watts' opinion, he having tried the case. Solicitor Wells did not agree with Judge Watts, saying that the other fellows w^io auaerea lor King a leed were punished and were innocent. The reason King stayed In jail one year before trial was because there had been a mistrial. Oov. Ansel makes no comment In the case except to write on the petition. "Pardon refused, June 3rd. 1910." Killed for lliirglur. Mistaken for a burglar. Rimer Frost, a wealthy resident of Mlddlea thirteen year old boy Saturday, town, N. Y. was shot and killed by Study is hard and the school .hours i drag wearily along when the call of > the summer is heard. The swim. ming hole In tbe stream has an al; lurement for the average boy that al| gebra cannot possess, and the ch m1 -stry of the laboratory fades away i before the subtle vision of leafy t | woods, sparking water and the singing of birds. KELLNER MURDER ' FURTHER TRACES OF DEED OONFIRM THEORY. Charred Foot of Little Alma Kellner Found in Bpsement of Louisville Church. The unravelling of the knotty skein of evidence confirming only too well the theory that little Alma Kellner was murdered in St. John's Catholic Church, Louisville, Ky., where she went to worship on December 81 last, proceeded rapidly, but nothing has been heard from the suspected Janitor. The charred rlirht *1? - ? ? *ou** ftvv/b vi lUQ child was found Wednesday in a pile of ashes near the furnace In the basement of the church and near It were picked out of the refuse two women's handkerchiefs. This makes a total of five handkerchiefs found in two days, and some of them bore blood stains. The quick lime with which the body was covered when found was purchased, it was learned, at a grocery only a few blocks away. According to the groceryman the order for the lime was telephoned in from St. John's Church, and the barrel of lime was delivered there soon after Christmas and turned over to a woman. As it was a cash transaction. no record was made of it. and it is, therefore, impossible to give the exact date. In police court Mrs. Wendling's attorney asked Judge Boldrick to discharge her on the ground that she is being held illegally and in violation of Section 1,129 of the Kentucky statutes, which provides that the charge of accessory after the fact does not exist as to the wife of a principal in crime. The motion will be argued. Mrs. Wendling. who is confined in the jail, said that she knew absolutely nothing of the murder, and that she had no idea as to her husband's whereabouts. As an excuse for the disappearance of her husband Mrs. Wendling ofTered this: "He was French?he was gay? a Frenchman will 'take his head' unless he has work that he likes, and the weather was so cold this winter, and there was so much snow and so many tires to make and the work was so dirty, that. I think, was why he left. He did not like Ixniisville and he wanted to be with the French people. I never heard my husband talk about his friends. I know he deserted from the French army. He told me so just before ?>c were luarrrea. 1 inline we were married about two years ago, on the 18th of December. Tried to Sell Girl. 'Max Appel, of New York, was arrested iu Baltimore, last week, and committed to await the action of the Grand jury. He is accused of having tri'd to dispose of Sadie Brooks, 22 and pretty, but speaking little English, in Mauhattan aud Brooklyn, and failing, to have taken her to a resort in Baltimore. Had a Keul Joy Kide. Finding that six tramps had broken into a beer car near Cheyenne, VVyo., F. VV. Hunt, a Colorado and Southern conductor, seized the door and sent the car to Cheyenne that the men might be delivered to the sheriff. They faced jail cheerfully, declaring they had enjoyed the ride and were full of beer. Freaks of Ughtning. While plowing in a field in ;the Cedar Planes section of Alabama, Will Jones, a young farmer, was struck by lightning and his clothing burned off and his hair singed, but he will recover. The two mules ho was plowing were killed, and the plow demolished. Took II iu At Pittsburg. Pa., John Boyle, a bridegroom of one week, Saturday at a piano, sang a few hymns and then drank carbolic acid, dying a moment later. Duncan in the ILare. John T. Duncan, editor of the Reporter, Columbia, S. C., ia the latest Gubernatorial entry.. He announced Saturday that he would be in the race. Cotton Acreage Reduced. Reports from th<* various cotton producing states indicate that the acreage this year will be from 2 to 3 per cent, higher than that of last. Six Fishermen Dead. Six fishermen lost their lives when Hie brigantine Mauve, of Cancale, France, struck ou Point Blanche, while entering St. Pierre in a thick fog early Thursday. Planters in middle Alabama, says The Montgomery Advertiser, will le* grateful when the comet excitement is over. "The negro farm laborer," it seems, "cannot stay up all night, at a revival praying for deliverance from the comet ard be able to do efficient work in the field the following day. It is a good thing that comets are few and far between.